HPP - HomePage Publisher Version 1.0 for OS/2 - README ------------------------------------------------------ o This is release 1.0 of the HomePage Publisher Shofware for OS/2 product. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HomePage Publisher (HPP) is a WYSIWYG Web Page Design tool for OS/2. (c) Copyright JBC 1995-1997 - All Rights Reserved. Licensed Materials - Property of JBC Welcome to HomePage Publisher for OS/2. This file contains information you need to install HomePage Publisher, and additional information not included in the product documentation. YOUR INITIAL USE OF THE HOMEPAGE PUBLISHER SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. o This README file is divided into the following sections: --------------------------------------------------------  What's new (Web Address)  Installation  Evaluation  Registration  Documentation  Support (E-MAIL Address)  Video drivers (WARNING)  Software/Hardware Requirements  Acknowledgment and Trademarks o What's new (Web Address) ------------------------- To get informed of the very last information about HPP, visit the following address : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/clerin/ o Installation ------------- Make sure you are installing the latest version of HPP, check it at the Web address mentioned in the What's new section. Installation from hard disk : create a temporary directory and copy (or unzip) all the files to that directory. Then run INSTALL.EXE You will find some additional information in the INSTALL.TXT file. o Evaluation ----------- This software is licensed software. This unregistered version of the HomePage Publisher software is provided FOR EVALUATION ONLY. The unregistered version of this package is limited to 100 saves and contains some other minor limitations that do not prevent you from seeing and trying the limited features (e.g. the color wheel and spell checking are not fully operational, the rows and columns numbers are limited for a table). Getting registered will remove those limitations. o Registration ------------- You will be given instructions for registering at the Web address mentioned in the What's new section. o Documentation -------------- A technical, on-line documentation is available with this version. o Support -------- You may send bug reports at the address below. This software is provided "AS IS". JBC makes no guarantee to answer messages nor to fix any software defects reported. Please include your License ID and the version number with your note. You will be given your License ID when registering HPP. You can get the version number by selecting Product Information from the help menu. There is no phone support for this version of HomePage Publisher. E-MAIL: JBC CompuServe: 100445,2342 Internet: 100445.2342@CompuServe.Com o Video drivers ------------- YOU ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO APPLY THE LATEST VIDEO DRIVERS. We have at last been able to state as an obvious fact that some quite usual APIs Presentation Manager cause some video drivers a lot of trouble. Those APIs are being used when displaying transparent images. Until those video drivers are fixed, HPP has now available a switch which allows to circumvent the problem, you just have to disable display of transparent images. In that case, start HPP as follows: START HPP.EXE /ti- Another alternative is to set the SET HPP_OPTIONS=NoTransImage environment variable before starting HPP. If you want to get this option permanent, you may insert it into your config.sys. If you want to set multiple options, they must be separated by a comma. ------------------- Some video cards with HPP cause problems when creating patterns using a quite usual API Presentation Manager. These video cards appear to work correctly when using VGA drivers. To circumvent this problem, the "Show Background Image" option is disabled by default in this version. If you want to enable this option, start HPP as follows: START HPP.EXE /bi+ Another alternative is to set the SET HPP_OPTIONS=BackgroundImage environment variable before starting HPP. If you want to get this option permanent, you may insert it into your config.sys. If you want to set multiple options, they must be separated by a comma. o Software/Hardware Requirements ------------------------------ o Software Requirements --------------------- - You are strongly recommended to apply the latest video drivers. - OS/2 V2.1 or higher (OS/2 Warp recommended). - The OS/2 Fonts "Helv", "Tms Rmn" and "Courier" are mandatory. - TCP/IP Internet Dialer (Optional, but recommended). o Hardware Requirements --------------------- - Processor : 386 minimum (486-DX4 or higher strongly recommended). - Display : VGA minimum (SVGA recommended). - RAM : 8M minimum, 12M recommended. - Partition : HPFS partition. (Optional, but recommended). - Disk Space : 5MB temporary space available during installation. 1MB for Software Installer. 5MB for HomePage Publisher. 2MB for help and online information. 10MB for swap space (minimum). o Acknowledgment and Trademarks ----------------------------- This software (HomePage Publisher) is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. CONTAINS: - IBM VisualAge C++ for OS/2, Version 3.0 Runtime Modules. (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1995 - All Rights Reserved. Copies of these modules are provided 'AS IS'. Imported DLL name CPPOM30 has been changed to HPPOM30. Imported DLL name CPPOOB3 has been changed to HPPOOB3. Imported DLL name CPPOOD3 has been changed to HPPOOD3. Imported DLL name CPPOOU3 has been changed to HPPOOU3. Imported DLL name CPPOOR3U has been changed to HPPOOR3U. - IBM Software Installer, Version 1.4 Runtime Modules. (c) Copyright IBM Corporation - All Rights Reserved. Copies of these modules are provided 'AS IS'. IBM, OS/2, VisualAge C++, are registered trademarks or trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe Incorporated. The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of CompuServe Incorporated. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. The GIF(sm) LZW decompression included in this software is licensed under U.S. Patent nø 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts. (*) Other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Most recent revision: June 02, 1997. Copyright (c) 1995-1997, JBC. All Rights Reserved. Licensed Materials - Property of JBC.